Premature adrenarche

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-254

  Williams, Rachel M ^a   Ward, Caleb E ^a   Hughes, Ieuan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; METFORMIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENARCHE; BONE AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAIR GROWTH; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE ADRENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENARCHE; ALGORITHMS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 84857233163     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300011     Document Type: Review

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